Spanish GP – Preview DUCATI MARLBORO MEN AIM TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM The Ducati Marlboro Team goes to Jerez aiming to maintain momentum following Casey Stoner’s awesome maiden MotoGP victory at the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix on March 10. Last year’s Jerez winner Loris Capirossi was out of luck at Losail but is confident he will be back up front in Spain, round two of MotoGP’s longest-ever season. Stoner and his Bridgestone-equipped Desmosedici GP7 stunned with their speed at Losail, proving the success of the team’s 800cc winter development programme. Both the Australian and Capirossi tested at Jerez last month and will make use of the lessons learned during that session to help them achieve the best possible result in Sunday’s race. Jerez is one of the most popular events on the MotoGP calendar, regularly attracting weekend crowds in excess of 200,000. LIVIO SUPPO, Ducati MotoGP project manager “It’s great to start the season with a win, just as we did last year, but we must keep our feet on the ground. It’s a long season and it won’t always be so easy. It was especially satisfying to start the 800cc era with victory, the same way we ended the 990 era; it proves that we are doing a good job. I’m really happy for Casey because scoring your debut MotoGP victory on a new bike and new tyres isn’t easy. He was fast and smart at Losail, and he rode the fastest lap of the race on the last lap, proving he had everything under control and is physically very strong. Loris’ crash was a pity, he didn’t make one mistake all last season and mistakes happen in racing. We are sure he would’ve been on the podium if he hadn’t crashed.” CASEY STONER, World Championship leader, 25 points “We go to Jerez in pretty good mood after the win. I’m so happy with the team and everything, and I feel like we’ll get stronger as I get more used to the strengths of the Ducati and the Bridgestones. Qatar was perfect – I was able to set my own pace throughout the race, not pushing too much. At Jerez I always seem to do reasonably well, never that great, but we’ll see how things pan out this time. Around a lot of the track you need a quick-turning bike, so you can enter the corners quick and get on the gas quick. And you need a bike with good acceleration too. The other thing about Jerez is the first corner – it’s always quite scary. The atmosphere is great, you really feel it during the build-up to the race but once the racing starts you just concentrate on the job in hand.” LORIS CAPIROSSI, World Championship ranking: no score “My crash is already well behind me and I’m really looking forward to Jerez. The tests we did there last month were very important to understand our 2007 package, especially since the tests there at the end of last year didn’t go so well. With the information we learned in February we hope to be able to make some good decisions for the race. The GP7 feels very good around Jerez, it’s a little easier to ride than last year’s GP6 – more agile and more stable on the brakes. Jerez is also good for Bridgestone, as our 2006 win proved. It’s a good track, nice to ride and very technical. To go quick you need a well-balanced bike and a good front end because you need confidence to attack the fast corners.” THE TRACK Constructed in 1986, Jerez hosted its first Grand Prix the following year and has remained on the World Championship calendar ever since. Most riders love the Andalucian venue because it rewards rider talent. Many of the circuit’s 13 corners flow into one another, placing the emphasis on smooth, neat riding and stable, all-round machine performance. The circuit character places particular emphasis on front-tyre grip, though the many slow-speed turns also require MotoGP riders to control wheelspin as they power out of the corners. Five years ago the track underwent resurfacing and total reconstruction of its infrastructure. JEREZ: 4.423km/2.748 miles Lap record: Loris Capirossi (Ducati Marlboro Team), 1m 41.248s, 157.265kmh/98.915mph (2006) Pole position 2006: Loris Capirossi, (Ducati Marlboro Team), 1m 39.064s (2006) DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM RIDER DATA LOGS LORIS CAPIROSSI Age: 33 (born 4 April 1973) Lives: Monaco Bike: Ducati Marlboro Team Desmosedici GP7 GP starts: 249 (79xMotoGP, 59×500, 84×250, 27×125) GP victories: 28 (6xMotoGP, 2×500, 12×250, 8×125) First GP victory: Britain, 1990 (125) First GP: Japan, 1990 (125) Pole positions: 41 (8xMotoGP, 5×500, 23×250, 5×125) First pole: Australia, 1991 (125) World Championships: 3 (125: 1990, 1991, 250: 1998) Jerez 2006 results: Grid: pole. Race: 1st CASEY STONER Age: 21 (born 16 October 16 1985) Lives: Monaco Bike: Ducati Marlboro Team Desmosedici GP7 GP starts: 78 (17xMotoGP, 31×250, 30×125) GP victories: 8 (1xMotoGP, 5×250, 2×125) First GP victory: Valencia, 2003 (125) First GP: Britain, 2001 (125) Pole positions: 5 (1xMotoGP, 2×250, 2×125) First pole: Italy, 2003 (125) Jerez 2006 results: Grid: 15th. Race: 6th

USGPRU Added to Road Atlanta AMA Weekend Schedule ODENTON, MD The United States Grand Prix Racers Union (USGPRU) has been added as a support class at the AMA Suzuki Superbike Showdown presented by Makita, Aug. 31-Sept. 2 at Road Atlanta. The 125 Grand Prix National ChampionshipTM race at Road Atlanta will be the penultimate round of the 13-race USGPRU season. This truly Grand Prix race series has proven to be a great training ground for the youth racers to learn from some of the best racers in the country. Additionally, it allows these racers to showcase their skills and potential to the national teams they hope to ride for some day. “The already spectacular USGPRU season just got a lot more interesting,” said USGPRU President Stewart Aitken-Cade. “I’m extremely happy that the staff at Road Atlanta and AMA Racing are in support of us for this event. “The 125s will complement the normal AMA program very well as our bikes may sound and look different, but the racing will be just as exciting. The extreme elevation changes and ultra-technical sections of the freshly paved Road Atlanta will certainly push our young racers’ skills to the limit. I think the fans will really get a kick out of how amazing these young racers are and how fast they can get these little GP machines to go around the Road Atlanta circuit.” “We are excited to have the USGPRU as part of the Suzuki Superbike Showdown presented by Makita,” said Road Atlanta General Manager Brian Skuza. “This will provide extra entertainment for our fans, and will give these young riders the opportunity to compete in the national spotlight before a tremendous crowd.” This will mark the second time the USGPRU will run as part of an AMA-sanctioned weekend in 2007. The 125 Grand Prix National ChampionshipTM will also race at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah in June. For more information about the 125 Grand Prix National ChampionshipTM or to register for the event, visit www.USGPRU.net. Tickets for the Suzuki Superbike Showdown presented by Makita are now on sale online at www.roadatlanta.com or by calling 800-849-RACE.

There is nothing on earth to match the Isle of Man TT Races, and nowhere puts you closer to the drama than the iconic Grandstand. You can find out for yourself as tickets for the Grandstand and Bike and Car parking are now available to purchase. Every true racing fan must experience the spine-tingling sensation of this extraordinary vantage point at least once and the centenary festival is the ideal time to taste the atmosphere. However, with just 750 seats available, competition for the limited number of tickets will be as fierce as the action on the circuit. The landmark building which dominates the start/finish line of the legendary TT Course offers fans unrivalled views as the riders launch their personal quests for glory in this, the pinnacle of road racing. You cannot get closer to the sights, sounds and smells erupting from this epicentre of the TT. Live Radio TT commentary, clear views of the unique manually-operated leaderboard and a seat so close to the podium presentations you can almost taste the celebratory champagne this is road racing with all the trimmings. Your Grandstand ticket gives you the convenience of allocated seating, adjacent toilets, food outlets, a chance to ‘walk the paddock’ before racing and you can make your day even more hassle-free by booking parking for your bike or car right next to the Grandstand. Grandstand tickets and parking passes can be bought online now by visiting www.dukevideo.com/tt07tickets or on the order hotline at + 44 (0) 1624 640000 prices for Grandstand seats start from £5 per person whilst parking passes start at just £3.

Hawk Kawasaki are pleased to announce the signing of former Hawk rider Scott Smart. After a six week negotiation period, Team Owner Stuart Hicken and the 30-year-old Smart came to an agreement for Smart to contest the British Superbike Series on the Kawasaki ZX10. Smart has not ridden under the Hawk banner since 2004, where he took three wins, eight podiums and 21 top six places, finishing the season in a fantastic fourth place in the overall Championship. He is now looking forward to the new challenge saying, “It’s great to be back with the team and if we have as much fun as we did in 2004 then it will be another good year. I’d be very happy if we could replicate the results from then and I’m looking forward to the challenge. I’ve got a very busy year ahead of me with riding for Hawk and I’m also competing in the World Endurance on board the Kawasaki, at least I’m going to have plenty of bike time!” Team Owner Stuart Hicken added “We delighted to have Scott back onboard and very much looking forward to working with him again this year. We’ve been working hard on getting the Kawasaki’s prepared for the new season as I have five riders to look after this year so we know it’s going to be a busy one.” Riding alongside Smart in the Superbike Class will be youngster Peter Hickman who completed a successful rookie year in the series in 2006. Hickman will make the jump from the 05 ZX10 to the 06 ZX10 and having already tested the bike at Mallory Park and Cadwell the young 19-year-old is eager to kick start the new season. 2007 sees the launch of the new Hawk Junior Team, which sees 20-year-old David Hallett competing in the National Superstock Cup and 18-year-old Jak Wright on board the all new ZX-6 in the British Supersport Cup. This will be the first year for both Hallett and Wright in the British Championship series and each are set for their new venture. Once again Hawk will run Carl Rennie in all the Road Races including the TT, North West 200 and the Ulster, plus various Irish meetings through the year. With the Isle of Man TT Celebrating it’s centenary year, Rennie and the Hawk team will be looking at improving on the stunning sixth place they gained on the Island last year. Hawk’s season has already got off to a great start with youngster Shaun Winfield. Who competed in his first Aprilia Superteen Race at Brands Hatch last weekend. Qualifying in a strong second position he gained two wins and a second position seeing him leading the Overall Championship. The four riders will all be appearing at the first British Superbike test next weekend at Snetterton, Norfolk, 23rd 25th.

2007 SBK CORONA EXTRA SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP® FGSPORT TEST – VALENCIA – 17th, 18th and 19th MARCH PREVIEW Rome, Thursday 15th March 2007 OFFICIAL TEST SET TO PROVIDE USEFUL INFO FOR ALL TEAMS – VALENCIA TESTS INCLUDE STRONG ENTRY OF CHAMPIONSHIP CHASERS All but one of the main championship hopefuls will be in attendance for the new traditional start to the European-based sector of the World Superbike Championship season – the Valencia FGSport tests. This year the Superstock classes, Superstock 1000 FIM Cup and the Superstock 600 European Championship, will monopolise the track on the first day of testing (17th March). World Superbike and World Supersport teams will then share track time on the two subsequent days, 18th and 19th March. BAYLISS AND BIAGGI HEAD UP CLASSY ENTRY IN THE TOP DIVISION With 20 riders scheduled to test their Superbike machines at Valencia, the Superbike sessions should be busy on both days. In terms of predicting who will set the fastest lap times come the final session on Monday 19th, two famous racing names will surely be in the running – 2001 and 2006 World Champion Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) and instant SBK hit Max Biaggi (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra). Each rider has vied with James Toseland (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) for race wins in the first few outings of the year, but with Toseland and his team-mate Robby Rolfo missing from this test for logistical reasons, there are still plenty of big targets to aim for. SUPPORTING CAST ALSO SET TO STAR Bayliss will be teamed up as usual with his ever-improving team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi, while Biaggi’s team-mate on the all-new GSX-R1000, Yukio Kagayama is hoping to be fit to test at Valencia, after a big crash in qualifying at the Phillip Island race. The 2006-spec Suzuki Germany GSX-R1000 of Max Neukirchner will also be going for another giant-killing performance, while the similar spec machine of Superstock champ Alessandro Polita (Celani Suzuki) will power him back into the European season in his rookie SBK campaign. HAGA AND CORSER MAKING GREATER STRIDES ON THE NEW R1 After much early promise from the all-new Yamaha R1 machines of Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) and Troy Corser (Yamaha Motor Italia) podiums have proved difficult but not impossible to achieve, and thus the latest Valencia tests is of great importance for the top Yamaha team. Shinichi Nakatomi (Yamaha Team YZF) is also set to be in attendance at Valencia, as is privateer Jiri Drazdak (Yamaha Jr. Pro SBK Racing). KAWASAKI RIDERS LOOKING FOR CONSISTENCY OF PERFORMANCE Fonsi Nieto (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) will be on his native Spanish soil at Valencia, while his team-mate Regis Laconi (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) will be looking to find a more repeatable machine set-up with which to enter the next two rounds at Donington and Valencia. HONDA QUARTET WITH GROUND TO MAKE UP The privateer Honda teams have been waiting for the European season to come back around, to enable them to make tests with their full-spec 2007 engine and chassis set-ups. The Valencia tests will be the perfect opportunity for such shakedowns before points are at stake again. For Steve Martin and Michel Fabrizio (both DFX Corse Honda), and Karl Muggeridge and Josh Brookes (Alto Evolution Honda), the first few races were tough challenges, but each rider has already scored points. They will be expectant in this first European test since the Aussie round, especially as round three at Donington will be a new SBK challenge for most of the Honda riders. XAUS CERTAIN TO SHINE Multiple SBK race winner Ruben Xaus (Team Sterilgarda) has already tested to great effect at Valencia this year and with even more track time on his year-old spec factory Ducati, he has already shown flashes of his old brilliance in race situations. In a slightly reduced season for Ducati privateers thus far, Team Pedercini rider Dean Ellison and Caracchi Ducati SC rider Jakub Smrz have had their work cut out, but on a 999F05 Smrz has made a strong early impact on the SBK midfield. The LBR Racing Team MV Agusta of Austrian Christian Zaiser will also be in attendance at Valencia, as he attempts to score the first SBK points for the classic Italian marque. SUPERSPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP A stunning start to the 2007 WSS season has seen two different race winners on two different makes of machine, and some old faces reappear in the championship top six. Race one winner Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) will not be at Valencia, nor will his team-mate and double world champ Sebastien Charpentier, but second place overall rider, Fabien Foret (GIL Kawasaki) is looking forward to even more upgrades to his all-new bike. Foret and his experienced team-mate Pere Riba have been fast from the outset, pushing the best Honda and Yamaha riders hard, hard enough for Foret to take an unexpected win at Phillip Island. Third in the series so far, Katsuaki Fujiwara (Althea Honda) is a returning hero of yesteryear, who has shown he is not a spent force in 2007. Top Yamaha rider to date is Kevin Curtain (Yamaha SSP Racing in fourth), but he is still looking for his first win of 2007, after experiencing problems with tyre choices. His team-mate Broc Parkes was third at home in Australia, but is only 7th overall after a round one no finish. A full 29 WSS riders are down to test at Valencia, with five different manufacturers represented. SUPERSTOCK 1000 FIM CUP With most of the top competitors from the 2006 season moving onwards to other classes, the ‘big’ Superstock class is fairly wide open once more and more so than ever because of the appearance of the new 1098cc Ducati twin. Didier Vankeymeulen (TTSL-MGM Racing) is one returning former champion, but other big names are 2006 season 600 Superstock champion Xavier Simeon, Claudio Corti, Brendan Roberts, Ayrton Badovini, and Niccolo Canepa. SUPERSTOCK 600 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP The middleweight Superstock series, for international novice riders between the ages of 15 and 20, has been a big hit since its inception two years ago, and has already pushed young talent up through the ranks into the bigger classes. A relatively contracted testing grid at Valencia (despite a more than healthy overall entry for the race season proper) still features a veritable array of would-be champions. DONINGTON NEXT ROUND AFTER VALENCIA TEST The next points scoring opportunity for the SBK and WSS rider, and the first for the Superstock riders, comes at the classically flowing Donington Park circuit, with raceday on April 1.

TrackDaz and Advanced Kawasaki would like to thank all of the absolutely fun and crazy riders that showed up to our Daytona party on Saturday, and made the party such a blast!! It couldn’t have been better! Hooters was also surprised when they showed up at 730am to open the joint, and there were already nearly 100 people there. By the time the Superbike race started, the place was packed to the gills, and by the time the Daytona 200 started, it was packed to the rafters!! So packed in fact, that next year they will be providing that nirvana of Daytona race watchers everywhere Hooters and Eggs!! That is when you know you have truly arrived when Hooters offers to make you breakfast!! We will certainly take advantage of that, yessirree Bob! The raffle to benefit the RoadRacingWorld Action fund was a rousing success as well, raising $1,204.00. TrackDaz and Advanced Kawasaki will each be kicking in an additional $500 for a grand total of $2,204.00. Thanks to everyone for helping out buying raffle tickets to make our racetracks safer for the racers!! Many thanks to our sponsors who provided prizes for the raffles: Kawasaki, Michelin, Suomy, West Coast GP Cycles, Ferodo Braketech, Driven Sprockets, Attack Racebodies, NJK Leathers, and Pit Bull Stands. We also drew the winner of the Glenn McComb Memorial Raffle the winner receiving a 5 day pass to any 2007 TrackDaz event. The raffle raised money to benefit Glenn’s charity of choice, divingforlife.org. The winner of this special raffle was Tige Daane. Congratulations and we will see you out on the track with us!! And a very special thanks to Hooters Anaheim for letting us come in and terrorize their place again, all for a good cause well actually for a couple of good causes this year! Y’all wearin’ them orange shorts are some awesome people! So let this be fair warning to all we will be doing this again next year, but this time you will get to have breakfast *and* lunch there! It just doesn’t get any better than that! TrackDaz, Advanced Kawasaki, Hooters and the Daytona 200 You know you want it!!! www.trackdaz.com www.advancedkawasaki.com

Trackday company, Apex2apex.net is proud to announce it has become a subdistributor of Pirelli/Metzeler Tire which will be available for purchase at their trackday or through their website. More, from another press release: Hypercycle race shop, a provider of race services, engine tuning, and parts has obtained a new toll free number. You can now call them at (877) HYPERCYCLE or you can always visit them online at www.HYPERCYCLE.com. Hypercycle also provides premier track day events at Willow Springs, Streets of Willow and Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch (Parhrump) Hypercycle 15941 Arminta St. Van Nuys, CA 91406 (818) 988-8860 local (877) HYPERCYCLE toll free www.Hypercycle.com

Young Gun Andrew Brown Sidelined! 17 year old AMA road racer Andrew Brown will not be able to compete for at least the first two AMA rounds. “I have been riding off pace and couldn’t figure out why. I have been training hard and am excited about the 07 season. Two weeks ago at Willow Springs we were testing and after two days of hard work, we made little progress. I did not feel 100% but could not put my finger on what was wrong. In December I had a bad accident while training on my yzf 250 on the pro track at Lake Elsinore MX Park. I was found unconscious. The only thing that saved my life was my Shoei helmet. I was taken to the ER. the doctor said I suffered a severe concussion. After the Willow test we went to see neurologist Dr. R. Boutros . He found some irregularities in the CAT scan and MRI and has advised us to not ride anything for 60-90 days. Dr. Boutros commented that I might have a temporary problem with my depth perception among other issues that would make it unsafe for me to ride or race. I would like to Thank all My sponsors for their support and understanding During This Time.” Comments or concerns may be sent to [email protected]